
Susan, an orphan, lives the life of Cinderella with rustic relatives. She escapes one stormy night when the fiance her relatives chose tries to force his attentions. Rodney, an architecht, is the prince who rescues her, but he has to take a trip and the wicked relatives catch up with her again. Her next rescuer is a tatooed lady in a circus who can't save her from the circus manager. Rodney shows up and dismisses her as a fallen woman. Susan moves up in the world to the penth... (Full plot summary below)
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Susan, an orphan, lives the life of Cinderella with rustic relatives. She escapes one stormy night when the fiance her relatives chose tries to force his attentions. Rodney, an architecht, is the prince who rescues her, but he has to take a trip and the wicked relatives catch up with her again. Her next rescuer is a tatooed lady in a circus who can't save her from the circus manager. Rodney shows up and dismisses her as a fallen woman. Susan moves up in the world to the penthouse of a politician who can offer a construction contract to Rodney. Rodney says no and flees to the jungle with Susan in pursuit.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA second-tier Garbo potboiler is still worth watching, even if the plot is preposterous, plus it's the only film the Divine made with the then rising star, Clark Gable. |
| User ReviewRick RI have a long history with this movie. The first few times I saw it, I didn't like it. But the more I watched it, the more I started to really get it. Initially, I thought that the filmmakers were trying to paint this really messed up relationship as being healthy and wonderful in the end. But I slowly started to realize that wasn't the case at all. This is a movie about two people so damaged that the only way they know how to work is by hurting each other. It's pretty advanced stuff for 1931, and definitely something that would have been able to be made outside of the code. Really, looking at Garbo's filmography, she played some very complicated and messed up characters. |
| User ReviewTara HDespite a promisingly gritty start, this soon descends into the kind of soapy melodrama that MGM liked to waste Garbo's talents in. She is still utterly compelling, of course, and her co-star was an up-and-coming Clark Gable (they reportedly didn't get along, and never worked together again.) To be watched for historical value only. |